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Table 12.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Lung Waiting List

Lung Allocation Score		Year
Lung Allocation Score		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	4,868	5,141	5,374	5,399	5,549	5,650	5,269	4,798	4,676	4,119
	Deaths	599	519	532	529	489	512	398	300	317	266
	Rate	190.5	152.6	149.1	145.0	131.5	135.0	115.5	103.5	125.9	128.0
LAS 0	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,925	1,802	1,686	1,051
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	111	80	47
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	41.6	69.5	59.9	54.8
LAS 20 - 29	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	215	154	80	50
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	4	6
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	85.5	59.4	79.3	183.7
LAS 30 - 34	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,518	1,530	1,320	1,247
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	52	33	38
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	44.4	64.1	49.6	59.1
LAS 35 - 39	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	482	677	677	768
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	34	49	52
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	122.3	136.4	193.1	172.0
LAS 40 - 49	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	280	370	537	574
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	32	55	36
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	279.0	327.2	365.7	215.3
LAS 50 - 59	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	51	108	146	170
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	29	23
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	934.1	518.1	1,077.9	665.8
LAS 60+	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	157	230	259
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	53	67	64
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,234.3	2,569.8	1,862.5	1,592.8
Unknown	Patients	4,868	5,141	5,374	5,399	5,549	5,650	708	-	-	-
	Deaths	599	519	532	529	489	512	158	-	-	-
	Rate	190.5	152.6	149.1	145.0	131.5	135.0	1,488.7	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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